Gritty midfielder Clay Smith will undergo scans late Monday after injuring his AC joint during Sunday’s match against the Gold Coast.

Smith in his first game back in the senior team from an ACL repair in July last year, received a heavy knock to his right shoulder in a marking contest, yet bravely continued playing.

Western Bulldogs Medical Services Manager Andrew McKenzie said the Club would learn more of Smith’s fate in the next 24 hours.

READ: Western Bulldogs Injury List (Updated Monday 26 May, 2014)

“Clay had a direct blow to the right shoulder in the third quarter, he did manage to play through the game,” McKenzie said.

“We’ve had to send him off for scans and we’ll get a report on him later.”

Also in his first game back from a lengthy absence, key defender Jordan Roughead has recovered well, reporting no significant soreness to his existing AC injury. 

“He’s pulled-up very well considering his return for the first time on the weekend,” McKenzie said.

Tom Williams will be monitored through the training week ahead of Sunday’s round eleven match against Fremantle as he rehabilitates a minor calf strain from the Bulldogs’ round eight win over Melbourne.

“Tom’s been training fine, he’ll be in training this week,” McKenzie said.

“We’ll just have to assess how he goes later in the week.”  

Meanwhile Josh Prudden has incurred another setback in his rehabilitation from a knee injury earlier in the year.

“Unfortunately Josh did injure his hamstring in a training session last week and it looks like he’ll miss a few weeks with that,” said McKenzie.